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  • hatfield89hatfield89
    edited March 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi You need to contact Customer Care, thay are the ones who can sort this out for you.
    Posted by acebarry10
    cheers m8
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  • acebarry10acebarry10
    edited March 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : cheers m8
    Posted by hatfield89
    No probs :)
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  • MartisMartis
    edited March 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Wiiiiiiiii! Knew you'd enjoy it? Your exit? Not much you did wrong there, to be honest. You were in great shape to push (much preferred to being the caller) & he had to hit. He can only really call if he has the Flush draw as well as the K. He did nowt wrong, nor you, just big on big rerally. You are a monsta if you win that coup. It's a hand which, at that stage, blinds, stack, etc, demands you can be ultra aggro, & you were. Just one of those things. Keep the pressure on in those spots.  Next time, Final Table, right?
    Posted by Tikay10
    Hello Mr.Tikay,

    i would love to reach final table, but it will take more then 2nd try i guess, after online poker in live tournament i have to many tells, 1 young guy next to me comented on few mistakes what he noticed, nice friendly fella with more live experience. Maybe i will try tomorow, if i manage to get myself from online mtts, last few days were best in my short poker live:) and still got lots of books to read, few came this morning. So i try to improve and theory and practice.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited March 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    Hi, I went in a minute roulette tonite and had players rebuy buy over twenty time isn't there a limit that can be put on for how many times a player can buy back in as it seems unfair otherwise??? Would love to hear some other views. Peter
    Posted by bigbe    n80
    Hi Ben,

    It's as broad as it's long, really. If the villain kept rebuying, he is swelling the pot, & that means we have more value to win.

    If we are opposed to the logic of Rebuys, & many are, it's best to stick to Freezeouts. Less value, but everyone has the same chance.

    In a rebuy, we get a LOT more value, but everything comes at a price.

    We pay our money & we make our choice. 

    Good luck.  
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited March 2011
    Hi Tikay.

    You gave me a bit of advice a few weeks ago when i was struggling with some bad beats. Just wanted to thank you. I've since turned 8 quid into 100 quid. Not bad for someone who has only been playing the game for a total of 4 months eh? happy days. I basically did it by grinding away on the 2p/4p tables with the odd 30p/60p/1.10 DYMs with a couple of decent tourney results (namely a 2.20 BH and a 2.20 Deepstack). Anyway, enough of my micro brags! My bankroll has now grown and i have started to play the 4p/8p cash tables. Am i pushing my luck with only having approx 12 buy-ins or does the bankroll thing not matter too much at these levels? I seem to be a winning player but i am pretty much still a novice in my eyes.

    One more thing, i have no problems going deep in MTT's, something i am quite proud of, but i always seem to be short stacked approaching the bubble. I have heard you banging on about changing gears as the blinds go up. I do try to steal a bit more from the button as the game progresses but i seem to get myself into trouble here. Maybe you could just explain it a bit more in depth for me please? You know, what sort of places i should be looking to kick on? Levels and whatnot?

    Thanks, keep up the good work on 865, Sharpy.
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  • mrhall25mrhall25
    edited April 2011

    How will i know when to go pro ???

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  • MachkaMachka
    edited April 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    How will i know when to go pro ???
    Posted by mrhall25
    Some advice from John Tabatabai

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BuyQEpllmY
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  • martin111martin111
    edited April 2011
    Dont mind that fully.do u remember that TK.No more Take on TK tourneys.gl boss
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  • igfbobby1igfbobby1
    edited April 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi Bobby, Firstly, apologies for missing the question originally, & thank you for being understanding about it. You'd be amazed at how upset some peeps get if I miss a question, or a greeting, but I'd never swerve it deliberately, & I just struggle to cope with everything, & I miss stuff sometimes. Difficult question to answer, really. A service provider can charge whatever they wish, as long as they do so openly, & Clients have the choice of accepting or not. It's how the free market works the world over. An Online Poker Room proivides a basket of value (or not), not just Reg Fee & Rake, but a whole bunch of other stuff, too. All of these things need to be factored into any price equation comparision. Put simply, it's a business model decision, & I'm not party to their thinking on "why", nor is it right for me to question it, it's their perfect right, just as long as they do it openly & transparently, & Clients have the option of accepting, or not, as they see fit. No two supermarkets change the same price for identical products, but the overall "basket" of prices represents the true competiveness.  "Necessary/moral"...... "necessary", both parties have a choice, but it's not "necessary" as such. It's a business, though, & that's a decision they choose to make, & they do so in full possession of the data which we must presume tells them that the price is, in the true sense, cost effective. If the price of a product ever gets out of line, the sales data soon shows it so, & it's adjusted accordingly. We can assume much from that. "moral". I'm not sure where "moral" comes into it, with due respect, I'm srtruggling to see any moral issue.  Good question, & I apologise again for the delay in replying.   
    Posted by Tikay10
    Hi Tikay, sorry have been away and only just read your reply to my post and wanted to say thanks for taking the time to answer. Understand and agree with your thouughts - and I'm still here playing the 2p/4p because in my experience sky poker is the most user friendly site around, there's a great spirit amongst the players and reading the forums / channel 865 really helps my play. Keep up the good work! Bobby
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited April 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi Tikay, sorry have been away and only just read your reply to my post and wanted to say thanks for taking the time to answer. Understand and agree with your thouughts - and I'm still here playing the 2p/4p because in my experience sky poker is the most user friendly site around, there's a great spirit amongst the players and reading the forums / channel 865 really helps my play. Keep up the good work! Bobby
    Posted by igfbobby1
    Thanks Bobby.

    Run good, mate.
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  • HAPPYNIGE4HAPPYNIGE4
    edited April 2011
    Afternoon TK. Really enjoyed the Primo show last night, 3rd April, you and Rich are a great double act lol.
    Just a quick question for you. I have got a seat in the Irish Open on April 22nd to 25th, and since I am a Sky player for many years now, was wondering if Sky Poker would like to endorse me with sponsership , Sky tops, hat etc? Not sure what the rules are, but been watching last years on line, and many players have logos of other sites, not just Paddy Power. I will look forward to your reply, and would be willing for someone to contact me if needed.

    Best Regards Nigel AKA HAPPYNIGE
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  • drumahai05drumahai05
    edited April 2011
    hi tikay thanks for the comments in the primo. my ak is pronounced drum-a- hair. its a small village in Ireland were my dad was born. i use it in honour of his memory
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited April 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    hi tikay thanks for the comments in the primo. my ak is pronounced drum-a- hair. its a small village in Ireland were my dad was born. i use it in honour of his memory
    Posted by drumahai05
    You are welcome, & what a lovely thing to do, in memory of your Dad.

    Beautiful part of Ireland, too - iirc, there is a "Dromahair" & a "Drumahaire" next door to each other, which must confuse the local Posties a bit.

    Thought you played well in the PRIMO - just add a smidgeon of run good, & you could win that one week.

    Good luck.
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  • inka2003inka2003
    edited April 2011

    Dear Tikay

    I have been trying to send you a PM since Sunday but don't seem to be able to.  We did exchange PMs in 2010 so I don't really understand why I can't send you one now.

    It's nothing urgent but not really stuff I want to put in the Forum.

    Please could you advise ?

    Many thanks

    Bryan (inka2003)
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited April 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    Dear Tikay I have been trying to send you a PM since Sunday but don't seem to be able to.  We did exchange PMs in 2010 so I don't really understand why I can't send you one now. It's nothing urgent but not really stuff I want to put in the Forum. Please could you advise ? Many thanks Bryan (inka2003)
    Posted by inka2003
    I don't understand why that would be, Bryan, I get at least 5 or 6 PM's here every single day. Very odd.

    I will send you a PM now with my e-Mail address on it, please use that address to e-mail me if the PM service is not working for you.

    Apologies for the inconvenience.
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  • MartisMartis
    edited April 2011
    Hello, why on sky tournaments are 6 handed? why not to make them full field? community seems to be growing. this is a disadvantage in my eyes, unless i missed something :) thanks for reply
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  • SW9SW9
    edited April 2011
    new player cant load lobby. has it crashed.
    thanks sw9
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited April 2011
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    new player cant load lobby. has it crashed. thanks sw9
    Posted by SW9
    Hi SW9,

    It was a bit of a problem briefly earlier this morning, but it's fine now. Just open a new Tab & it will work fine now.

    They added some bells & whistles overnight, but a few bugles & banjos fell off in the process.

    Apologies.
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  • DannyMcsDannyMcs
    edited April 2011
    I couldn't find the other thread so thought I'd ask here...is the "special" table in use today? And if so roughly how long before the show would air? Days? Weeks? Longer?
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited April 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    I couldn't find the other thread so thought I'd ask here...is the "special" table in use today? And if so roughly how long before the show would air? Days? Weeks? Longer?
    Posted by DannyMcs[/    QUOTE]

    Hi Danny,

    Not sure what thread you are referring to, but this one is fine.

    And yes, the "special" Live Cash Game Table has been in use today, & yesterday, in fact.

    Filming commenced at about Noon yesterday, though Mother was here from about 7am setting it all up, & I was here (making tea...) from 7am, too. I gave best at about 9pm last night, knackered, but the filming went on until about 10.30pm I think.

    It was rinse-repeat today, a 7am start for both of us, the Filming commenced at about 11am today, & it will finish at about 10pm tonight. Mother has been present for every minute of that.

    Mother, Mandy & Dan have done all the Cash-Game filming work, & I've been left in charge of the Office.

    Now, those 20 odd hours of film need to be edited into TV-sized "chunks", either half-hour or one hour shows I guess. After that, the commentary - I think that will be Rich Orford & myself, though I'm not 100% sure on that - has to be put on. We'll have to sit in a sound booth for a few days & gradually work through all the Shows, I assume.

    When will it start hitting the screens? Not sure - I think the aim is to commence screening the Shows during May.

    We are all knackered, to tell the truth, two incred long days, but happy knackered, if that makes sense.

    Tomorrow, I have to be up in Leeds by Noon, & I'll be there until mid-evening, so I'll not be Online much tomorrow.

    So, I'll have to swerve tonight's tikay Sleepstack & TOTTY I'm afraid, as I think I might head up north tonight to avoid the traffic.

    Who played the cash game? I tthink it was intended to keep that "secret" until the Shows were transmitted, but one of the players Tweeted the line-up direct from the table! That was a Bad Beat.
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  • DannyMcsDannyMcs
    edited April 2011
    Ahh, perhaps there wasn't a dedicated thread and it was just mentioned somewhere else, I thought you'd started a thread when the kit arrived.

    Great news that it's in action anyway, can't wait to see the show. I trust it'll be well worth the long hours, and having seen the offending tweet I'm sure we'll see some great play. Except from the tweeter himself of course...no poker face, gives everything away. ;)
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  • billybootsbillyboots
    edited April 2011
     Hi Tony...hope u r well.

    Re.......'Design-A-Comp', competition.

    The suits are telling us that member activity on here is increasing all the time, so therefore, I assume (rightly or wrongly) that a fair percentage of these are new to poker. With the present downturn in most peoples finances and job prospects, surely this site needs to encourage a lot more member particapation and you will only do that with good solid ideas like this. 
    My only concern (and there is always a 'BUT just around the corner) is that I'm seeing some of the suggestions with buy-ins as much as £22 ..............admittedly these have not been implemented and are only suggestions.
    My point is, to retain and increase membership, imho, a closer scrutiny of buy-in pricing for lower br's is more than ever paramount.
    It's plainly obv. to see that freerolls and v. low buy-in tourneys attract huge numbers and the high buy-in tourney's much lower numbers, therefore, you're only going to retain membership interest if more can participate in the lower buy-in tourneys (eg; £1-£3).' Pile 'em high n pile 'em cheap' usually works in all walks of life and gives us all more choice, surely this has to be better for everyone.
    Regards.....Billy

              
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  • DannyMcsDannyMcs
    edited April 2011
    As you said yourself they're merely suggestions for structures at this point, I doubt Sky are going to be scrapping all the low BI  tourneys in favour of the wild and wonderful forum ideas.

    Anyhow, Sky has absolutely no issues in terms of offering low BI tournaments, imo. I'm looking at the lobby right now and 12 of the 22 tourneys in the next hour are in the £1-3 range. For obvious reasons the average BI is higher during peak hours, but there are still plenty of sub £5 tournaments after 6, I don't believe you'd ever have to wait more than half an hour for one.

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  • billybootsbillyboots
    edited April 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    As you said yourself they're merely suggestions for structures at this point, I doubt Sky are going to be scrapping all the low BI  tourneys in favour of the wild and wonderful forum ideas. Anyhow, Sky has absolutely no issues in terms of offering low BI tournaments, imo. I'm looking at the lobby right now and 12 of the 22 tourneys in the next hour are in the £1-3 range. For obvious reasons the average BI is higher during peak hours, but there are still plenty of sub £5 tournaments after 6, I don't believe you'd ever have to wait more than half an hour for one.
    Posted by DannyMcs
    Thanks for your input Danny gr8ly appreciated, I had to dash off unexpectedly for a few hours as I was writing my post and didn't quite explain myself as clearly as I would have liked, so I have tweaked my post a bit since your reply.
    I was just a little concerned that if any of the ideas put forward by the members (and there are some cracking one's at that) are implemented,I hope that the buy-in will not deter too many of the regulars (I am learning gradually via 'chat-box' during play, that more players wish to be involved in more tourny play but it's just that it get's too expensive for them. I would prefer even more choice than we currently have, it's only natural,.......I know it's a business and they will need to run it like so.......but giving greater choice will attract greater numbers.............the rest speaks for itself........bfn :)-     
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  • DannyMcsDannyMcs
    edited April 2011
    I suppose one thing about the compo is that very few of the entries I've seen would *have* to work at the suggested BI (where people have even suggested one). A bit of a movable feast in that if an idea works well at £10 it'll most likely do OK at £1 too. I'm sure we can expect Sky to look at expanding any ideas they use to other BI levels, more choice for us, more revenue/better retention for sky, win win.


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  • billybootsbillyboots
    edited April 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    I suppose one thing about the compo is that very few of the entries I've seen would *have* to work at the suggested BI (where people have even suggested one). A bit of a movable feast in that if an idea works well at £10 it'll most likely do OK at £1 too. I'm sure we can expect Sky to look at expanding any ideas they use to other BI levels, more choice for us, more revenue/better retention for sky, win win.
    Posted by DannyMcs
    Exactly:)-
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  • HAPPYNIGE4HAPPYNIGE4
    edited April 2011
    Hi TK, Sent a post on the 4th, still no reply. Any chance you can check , and get back to me . ?
    Thanks 
    Nigel 
    HAPPYNIGE
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  • sterlingccsterlingcc
    edited April 2011
    you constantly rip into low level cash game limpers, and rightly so. comparing them to 1.50 3.00 ive tried raising 4x but the *unts still call. (thats punts by the way) :) 8x is the only way to get it through at that level.  you dont see 8x raises on higher. anyway blah blah you know what im saying.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited April 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    you constantly rip into low level cash game limpers, and rightly so. comparing them to 1.50 3.00 ive tried raising 4x but the *unts still call. (thats punts by the way) :) 8x is the only way to get it through at that level.  you dont see 8x raises on higher. anyway blah blah you know what im saying.
    Posted by sterlingcc
    I must correct that Sir.

    I, & we, NEVER "rip into" players, but if we see them serial-limping, we repeatedly advise against it, because it's is not optimal play.

    Channel 865 has a remit to Educate & Entertain, & it's very important to try to point out basic game play errors. That is very different to "ripping into them".     
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited April 2011
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    Afternoon TK. Really enjoyed the Primo show last night, 3rd April, you and Rich are a great double act lol. Just a quick question for you. I have got a seat in the Irish Open on April 22nd to 25th, and since I am a Sky player for many years now, was wondering if Sky Poker would like to endorse me with sponsership , Sky tops, hat etc? Not sure what the rules are, but been watching last years on line, and many players have logos of other sites, not just Paddy Power. I will look forward to your reply, and would be willing for someone to contact me if needed. Best Regards Nigel AKA HAPPYNIGE
    Posted by HAPPYNIGE4
    Can you please elaborate on what you mean by "sponsorship" please?
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